Stanza 90

Original Old Norse:	Auden & Taylor:	Bellows:	Bray:
Svá er friðr kvenna þeira er flátt hyggja sem aki jó óbryddum á ísi hálum teitum tvévetrum ok sé tamr illa eða í byr óðum beiti stjórnlausu eða skyli haltr henda hrein í þáfjalli	To love a woman whose ways are false Is like sledding over slippery ice With unshod horses out of control, Badly trained two-year-olds, Or drifting rudderless on a rough sea, Or catching a reindeer with a crippled hand On a thawing hillside: think not to do it.	The love of women | fickle of will Is like starting o'er ice | with a steed unshod, A two-year-old restive | and little tamed, Or steering a rudderless | ship in a storm, Or, lame, hunting reindeer | on slippery rocks.	-- Let him speak soft words and offer wealth who longs for a woman's love, praise the shape of the shining maid -- he wins who thus doth woo.
Chisholm:	Hollander:	Terry:	Thorpe:
Such is the love of a woman whose heart is false. Like riding unshod horses over slippery ice, or poorly trained two year olds, or drifting rudderless on heavy seas, or like a halt reindeer on a slippery fell.	The false love of a woman, 'tis like to one riding on ice with horse unroughshod-- a brisk two-year-old, unbroken withal-- or in raging wind drifting rudderless, like the lame outrinning the reindeer on bare rock.	Thus you'll find the love of a faithless woman : like a smooth-shod horse on slippery ice -- a sprightly two-year-old not yet trained, or sailing with no rudder in a frantic storm or a lame man on an icy hill running after reindeer.	Such is the love of women, who falsehood meditate, as if one drove not rough-shod, on slippery ice, a spirited tw0-years old and unbroken horse; or as in a raging storm a helmless ship is beaten; or as if the halt were set to catch a reindeer in the thawing fell.
I believe it is important here to keep in mind that the author is not speaking of ALL women, simply the “false” ones. We all know those girls.. they claim to love you, but simply are using you as a means to an end. And yes, they exist as men, too. Men can be duplicitous as well at time. Be watchful, be vigilant, guard your heart.